All Textbook Topics - Forces and Motion - Gravity Introduction - The force due to gravity is called Weight

The force due to gravity is called Weight

Weight is the name of the force due to gravity. Gravity itself is not a force.

Gravity is the name of the region around a mass where another mass will experience weight.

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